Guwahati, Oct. 13 -- Questions have been raised over the security arrangements for former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after a woman allegedly attempted to attack her outside her residence in Kolkata's Kalighat area on Tuesday, according to leaders of a faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh alleged that the woman approached Banerjee as she was leaving to inaugurate a Durga Puja pandal and tried to strike her on the foot. Ghosh also claimed that the woman was carrying a knife and tugged at Banerjee's saree before TMC workers restrained her and handed her over to the Kalighat police.

Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen reportedly lodged a complaint with the Kalighat police, questioning how the woman was able to...